Utsukushi:
You almost took over my game instead, too. If you hadn't been out that week... grin For what it's worth, I've always thought you'd be a great GM.
And a little more to the point, of course I'd be happy to help out with people needing to make the jump from earlier editions. I don't think it'd be much harder starting at 8th Circle than 1st in that regard... once we're past the first big changes, it's just going to be little stuff.
I'm glad I didn't take your game. I kind of dropped off the planet for, what, *cough* a couple years? My players have never complained except for the extended character creation I've occasionally made them do. I built my own ADM for 2nd Ed and I still like to run with the homebrew Ads/ DisAds list, but admittedly, I need more experienced RPGers to whip those out on. If you're not careful, I might just move down the street from you, literally, and run a game. ^_^
My feel is that for the most part, it's just the character creation rules that will be a little sticky. I know descriptions of talents/ skills have likely changed, but if it
sounds like an ability I'd use, I can at least guess I can use it until someone tells me differently even if I don't know exactly how it works. ^_^'